Geography
Land Area: 144,100 square kilometers (56,637 square miles) (slightly smaller than Wisconsin)
Terrain: Pamir and Alay mountains dominate the landscape. Western Fergana Valley in north. Kofarnihon and Vakhsh Valleys in southwest
Arable Land: 6.1% (2011)
People
Population: 8,604,882 (July 2018)
Population Density: 57.8 per square kilometer
Age Structure: 0-14 years - 32.05%, 15-64 - 64.54%, 65 years and older - 3.41% (2018)
Population Growth: 1.58% annually (2018)
Major Cities: Capital is Dushanbe 873,000 (2018). Other cities: Khujand, Qurghonteppa, Kulob, Khorugh, Urbanites 26.8% (2015)
Ethnic Groups: Tajik 84.3% (includes pamiri and Yagnobi), Uzbek 12.2%, other 3.5% (includes Kyrgyz, Russian, Turkmen, Tatar, Arab (2010)
Languages: Tajik (official) 84.4%, Uzbek 11.9%, Kyrgyz 0.8%, Russian 0.5%, other 2.4% (2010), Russian widely used in government and business
Literacy: 99.5% (male=99.7%,female=99.2%) (2010)
Languages with Scriptures: 9 Bibles, 2 New Testaments, 7 portions (2010)
Religions: Sunni Muslim 90%, Shi'a Muslim 7%, Christian 1.6%, unaffiliated 1.5%, other 0.2% (2010)
Religious freedom is guaranteed, but the government closely watches all religious activity. Proselytism is not forbidden, but any activity causing religious tension is quashed.
Communications
Telephones: 468,000 (2016)
Mobile Telephones: 9.4 million (2016)
Radio Stations: 30 (2016)
Radios: 1.291 million (1991)
Television Stations: 44
Televisions: 820,000 (1997)
Internet Service Providers: 1,504 (2010)
Internet Users: 1,705,345 (July 2016)
Data Sources: World Factbook and Operation World